Nuclear Medicine Technologists Career, Salary and Skills
Nuclear Medicine Technologists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $101,370 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 17,080. Wage data is published for 149 locations.
Occupation description
Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques.
O*NET code
29-2033.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$101,370
Hourly median
$48.74
Employment
17,080
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 3.62 |
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Speaking | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Writing | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Monitoring | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.50 | 4.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Science | 3.25 | 3.50 |
| Coordination | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Service Orientation | 3.25 | 3.25 |
Typical tasks
- Develop treatment procedures for nuclear medicine treatment programs.
- Administer radiopharmaceuticals or radiation intravenously to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment, under direction of a physician.
- Detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images.
- Process cardiac function studies, using computer.
- Calculate, measure, and record radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used, and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription.
- Record and process results of procedures.
- Produce a computer-generated or film image for interpretation by a physician.
- Maintain and calibrate radioisotope and laboratory equipment.
Technology
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Gamma camera software
- MEDITECH software
- Medovation RadRunner
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Radiopharmacy inventory databases
Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in FLMedian $97,310 · Employment 1,740
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in CAMedian $162,380 · Employment 1,500
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in TXMedian $101,170 · Employment 1,060
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in New York, NYMedian $125,340 · Employment 940
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in NYMedian $118,650 · Employment 890
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in PAMedian $94,570 · Employment 740
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in OHMedian $97,570 · Employment 670
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in MIMedian $95,400 · Employment 640
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in ILMedian $104,950 · Employment 620
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in NCMedian $85,240 · Employment 600
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in NJMedian $124,280 · Employment 540
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in GAMedian $100,880 · Employment 540
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.